Join us in welcoming Professor Edward (Ted) Mack to the position of Chair of the University of Washington Japan Studies Program. Professor Mack teaches modern Japanese-language prose in the department of Asian Languages and Literature. His research focuses on literary works written and read throughout the world, including in North and South America. His most recent book, Acquired

Christopher B. Johnstone, senior adviser and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, explores the evolution of the U.S.-Japan alliance over the last 30 years from the view of a policy practitioner who was directly involved in key developments at the White House and the Department of Defense. The U.S.-Japan alliance slowly,

Ken Tadashi Oshima, UW professor of architecture, has long been a keen observer and researcher of the work of architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright. ‘Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture that Connects the World’ an exhibit curated by Oshima, is the first full-scale retrospective of Wright’s work in Japan in 26 years and shows the breadth

What can you do with a Japanese language major or minor? Are you interested in becoming a Japanese language teacher? Bring your curiosity and love of language to this workshop and learn about how you can apply your Japanese language skills in your OWN classroom! Join the President of the Washington Association of Teachers of

WATCH RECORDING HERE Join us for a special event featuring international policy specialist Dr. Narushige Michishita, executive vice president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, as he discusses the current multi-faceted security policy of Japan. With the introduction of three security policy documents in December 2022, Japan committed to strive to maintain peace

Join us via Zoom for a talk with Dr. Mina Qiao of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies about the meanings behind coronavirus narratives taking us back, not forward. Rather than “neo-” or new, a “re-”: returning to the past, revealing existing problems, and reclaiming memories lost and lessons forgotten. In her 2021 short story collection Unsocial Distance, Japanese

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and former colleague, Rob Britt, who died in June from an illness. He is greatly missed. Robert was an alum (MAIS Japan 1987) and had a long career in the East Asian Law Department of the Gallagher Law Library, where he worked from 1987 to

Interview with Professor Marie Anchordoguy: Can Japan return as a global innovation leader? In 2022, the Kishida administration announced its New Form of Capitalism concept, aimed at increasing stability within the Japanese economy and undoing some of the excessive effects of “shareholder capitalism,” while also nurturing the tech industries needed for Japan to once again